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9781412805919

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Because of the pioneering work of these authors, we know that battered children become battering parents, that violent criminals were usually abused as children and that the dimensions of family viol-ence are wider than we had ever imagined. - New York Times Book Review It is important to keep before us the ideal of a society in which violence has no place in families, and this book is a good reminder. - Christian Science Monitor It is a happily notable exception when profes-sionals in such disciplines are masters of the art of lively writing. - Richmond Times-Dispatch The most complete report to date on the issue of child abuse and other expressions of family violence. - Journal of Social Welfare

"""Because of the pioneering work of these authors, we know that battered children become battering parents, that violent criminals were usually abused as children and that the dimensions of family viol-ence are wider than we had ever imagined."" - New York Times Book Review ""It is important to keep before us the ideal of a society in which violence has no place in families, and this book is a good reminder."" - Christian Science Monitor ""It is a happily notable exception when profes-sionals in such disciplines are masters of the art of lively writing."" - Richmond Times-Dispatch ""The most complete report to date on the issue of child abuse and other expressions of family violence."" - Journal of Social Welfare"""

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Murray A. Straus, Richard J. Gelles, Suzanne F. Steinmetz

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